Each day, I am ispired by the geerous ad selfless actios of people who give of themselves to help people i eed. Time ad agai, terrible earthquakes, floods, hurricaes, torados ad other disasters i our coutry ad across the world brig out the best i people who doate to offer hope to others. This support whether fiacial gifts, cotributios of time or doatios of blood eables the America Red Cross to: Provide food, shelter ad emotioal support to disaster survivors Teach skills that save lives Offer iteratioal humaitaria assistace Support military members ad their families Supply early half of the atio s blood As the Red Cross serves those i eed ad fulfills our humaitaria missio, we are strivig to improve ad trasform our historic orgaizatio. We are cosolidatig ad streamliig our operatios atiowide, workig to operate more efficietly, with trasparecy ad accoutability to our geerous doors ad voluteers. We also are workig to give a fresh look to the icoic Red Cross brad ad are moderizig outdated IT systems. Our goals are to make the best use of door dollars ad to serve the public eve better. I believe there is o greater missio tha helpig those i eed ad providig a way for citizes of our coutry, ad of the world, to help oe aother. You ad your support of the America Red Cross make that possible. Thak you. Gail McGover Presidet ad CEO, America Red Cross
Please joi us i givig Victor s family was oe of the first to arrive at the America Red Cross shelter whe the flood waters bega to rise this sprig. Like other families to follow, his had bee ordered to safety. At 13, Victor was eager to assist other families. He ad his brothers helped Red Cross voluteers assemble hudreds of cots, so the ext family that came through the door would have a place to call home util their commuity was safe oce more. Your aual gift as a Red Cross Presidet s Coucil Member meas that whe the rai comes i torrets, a fire sweeps through someoe s apartmet buildig or a service member eeds a urget message from home your Red Cross is there. We choose to support Red Cross because we wat our philathropy to have real impact. Red Cross saves lives ad reduces sufferig i our commuity ad aroud the world. There ca be o greater impact tha that. Jeaie ad Chuck Slater, foudig member of the Presidet s Coucil
Aita Zucker s $100,000 doatio to the America Red Cross to trai studets i CPR ad First Aid i the Charlesto, South Carolia school district is truly a lifesavig gift. It is the sacred Jewish madate to repair a broke world, ad the cocept of tikku olam, repair of the world, is the force behid Aita Zucker s philathropy. Aita Zucker, member of the Presidet s Coucil
Your compassio i actio Disaster Services Nearly 200 times a day, the America Red Cross helps a family who s lost everythig i a house fire or other disaster. Whe disaster strikes, Red Cross workers are amog the first o the scee, providig food, shelter, supplies ad hope. Red Cross urses admiister health care ad licesed metal health practitioers provide emotioal support. Red Cross workers also provide referrals to aid i disaster recovery. Preparedess ad Health ad Safety Services I commuities across the coutry, the America Red Cross helps families, busiesses, schools ad orgaizatios become safer ad better prepared for disasters. The Red Cross provides traiig i first aid, CPR/AED, water safety, ursig assistace, babysittig ad commuity disaster preparedess. Delivered to early 15 millio people aually, these courses ad presetatios empower ordiary people to take extraordiary actio i respose to life s emergecies. Iteratioal Services As part of the global etwork of more tha 185 Iteratioal Red Cross ad Red Crescet parters, the America Red Cross helps provide immediate relief ad supports commuity recovery followig iteratioal disasters. The Red Cross helps recoect families separated by disaster ad assists commuities with disaster plaig ad preparedess to miimize the effects of future disasters. Through its Measles Iitiative partership, the Red Cross is vacciatig childre agaist measles, a deadly, yet prevetable, disease. The orgaizatio also cotiues to educate people i the Uited States about Iteratioal Humaitaria Law. Service to the Armed Forces The America Red Cross provides critical resources to 1.4 millio active duty military persoel, more tha 800,000 Natioal Guard ad Reservists, ad veteras ad their families. With a global etwork of voluteers ad employees, the Red Cross provides the military with support o the home frot, o military istallatios throughout the world ad alogside deployed service members i Afghaista, Kuwait ad Djibouti. Services iclude emergecy commuicatios that lik them with their families back home; fiacial assistace i partership with the military aid societies; assistace to veteras; ad iformatio ad referrals. Biomedical Services The America Red Cross is the coduit through which some 4 millio people give lifesavig blood, makig the Red Cross the largest supplier of blood ad blood products i the Uited States. Every two secods, someoe i America eeds blood accidet victims, cacer patiets, childre with blood disorders. To meet this eed, the Red Cross holds 600 blood drives across the coutry each day, resultig i 22,000 blood doatios.
I 2011, the America Red Cross iitiated the Presidet s Coucil. This Society recogizes idividuals ad families whose aual givig to the America Red Cross exceeds $100,000. Idividuals, couples, families or family foudatios may receive recogitio as Presidet s Coucil doors. Presidetial Bieial Forum Aual Presidetial Webiar Private Missio Observatio Trips Natioal Major Doors Summit Natioal Coferece Calls with Red Cross Leadership America Red Cross Roll Call Door List
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